BookTalk: Papercranes owner Aerilynn Tan reads fiction for a treat and non-fiction for motivation
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Small stationery and lifestyle business owner Aerilynn Tan reads two books at once, one fiction and one non-fiction.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF AERILYNN TAN
Who: Aerilynn Tan, 30, is an illustrator who founded stationery and lifestyle company Papercranes Design. Beginning as a side hustle in 2015, when she was an architecture student at Singapore University of Technology and Design, the company became her full-time pursuit in 2021. The company recently launched its 2025 Stargazer digital planner and restocked its physical planners.
“I like to have at least two books in rotation, one fiction to spark my imagination and one non-fiction to keep me grounded and motivated.
